Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Luke 10:20 - 10:20

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Luke 10:20 - 10:20


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20. μὴ χαίρετε … χαίρετε δὲ ὅτι. Here, as often, the ‘not’ followed by ‘but’ means ‘not so much … as that.’ “Nolite tam propterea laetari … quam potius.” This idiom, which is very important to observe in the interpretation of Scripture, is found in Act 5:4 (not so much to man, as to God), 1Co 15:10 (not I alone, but the grace of God with me), &c. See Winer, p. 621.

ἐνγέγραπται ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς. ‘Have been recorded in the heavens’. On this ‘Book of God,’ or ‘Book of Life,’ see Exo 32:32; Psa 69:28; Dan 12:1; Php 4:3; Heb 12:23; Rev 13:8; Rev 20:12; Rev 21:27. Such a record is the opposite to being “written in the earth,” Jer 17:13. The reading ἐγράφη would point to the single fact of their names being inscribed; ἐγγέγραπται, to their standing permanently recorded. Comp. Est 10:2.